Games Workshop - Warhammer 40,000 - Kill Team: Legionaries

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For a run-down of this quarter’s changes, we got hold of Elliot from the Kill Team design studio for a chinwag. Blood for the Blood God isn’t just the name of an incredible Citadel Colour paint – it’s also a Strategic Ploy you can use to ensure that your frenzied operatives hit even harder when they charge.

Free actions can only be performed when another rule specifies. Each time an operative would perform a free action, the following rules apply. Suspensor System [3 EP] – May only be taken on a weapon with the Heavy trait which basically makes this another One Per Team option. Allows operatives to move a maximum of 3 ⬤ in the same activation in which they perform a Shoot Action. Keep in mind this does not prevent you from performing the Dash Action, but instead just limits the total movement that the operative performs. If you’re taking a Heavy Gunner, take this. B Malign Scripture lets your Balefire Acolyte cast two powers a turn, and since all the Balefire Acolytes powers are good this is another almost compulsory choice. The end result of such savagery is three dead foes, one bloodsoaked Butcher, and an enemy kill team with its spine ripped out… That being said, there are a few changes that simply reflect shifts in the general Kill Team rules. The Chaos Cult Iconarch’s Ruinous Invigoration ability now reduces damage to a minimum of 3, rather than 2. This is a consistency change – we did the same to similar rules, such as Ploys for Imperial Navy Breachers and Legionaries , in a previous balance dataslate.Malignant Aura – the Nurgle ploy that takes a defensive dice away from enemy operatives within 3”. Move a marine forward into an enemy blob and then hit them with bolter fire or a grenade or a flamer. Low damage weapons go a lot further when the enemy only has two defence dice to play with. Graceful Killers (B) and Delicious Agony (D) – Graceful Killers is a slightly more useful version of Blood for the Blood God adding a straight 1 damage to critical hits on all melee weapons. This is especially nasty with weapons that do 6 or 7 damage on a critical hit, and can even be useful in mirror matches where it allows operatives like your ShriveTalon to kill opposing traitors with two critical hits. Delicious Agonies falls into the situational category as against hordes it is basically useless as none of your operatives do less than 3 damage in close combat, and 7/8 wound operatives are wounded at 3 wounds. Only use this ploy against high wound enemies such as Intercession or Gellerpox where any extra strike might make or break a fight. In my opinion this is an auto include in kill teams where you want to use melee, and the combination of Lethal 5+ and the ability to Fight twice makes it real useful to combine with the Mark of Khorne to chew through enemy groups. Play the Hateful Assault Strategic Ploy to Fight twice and eviscerate anybody standing next to your unfortunate victim. And even if there’s a crowd of targets around the Butcher, his Devastating Onslaught ability forces each enemy operative to Fight without the support of their comrades. The operative would still count as performing the action for all rules purposes. For example, if it performed it during its activation, it would not be able to perform the action again during that activation.

Hateful Assault – This transfers from the compendium without changes, and lets you fight twice if you don’t perform a shoot action.Speed is nothing without power, but She Who Thirsts can help you there too! Turn your operatives into graceful killers with the appropriately titled Strategic Ploy, Graceful Killer. Today, a new balance dataslate has arrived to update Kill Team with the latest tweaks, buffs, and nerfs to ensure the most competitive skirmish experience possible.

The table below goes into the damage output. Bear in mind if you can fire the Heavy Bolter twice, it will be the best choice. The Chaincannon just looks so cool though. Even the longest-serving Chaos Space Marine Legionary is resigned to the vagaries of fate, which is just one of the many occupational hazards of bumbling around the warp for so long. But perhaps, after so many millennia of war, you can finally take providence into your own gnarled hands – with these swanky orange dice. This set contains 20 six-sided dice, with the scowling helmed visage of your faction etched into the 6 face. White Dwarf 474 Roster Size – Since blessings are chosen at roster creation players will have to make a choice on what to leave at home. For many Kill Teams the Roster mechanic is often irrelevant, which is unfortunately not the case for Legionnaires. Now it’s time to focus on the unique details of your Legionaries. Use different colors to bring out specific elements. For example, paint the red cape’s by using Mephiston Red. Apply thin layers to gradually build up the color and ensure smooth coverage. Similarly, use a vibrant green shade like Moot Green to highlight the magical details.Take your time and use a smaller brush for precision. Want to add some speed to your operatives? Slaanesh*** is waiting to embrace you with open arms – and tentacles, and crab claws, and other appendages. Give your soul to the Dark Prince for extra swiftness, and allow your operatives to bound across the warzone with sinuous grace.This all-but ensures at least one critical hit, doing a chunky 8 damage, enough to crush those pesky Corsairs in one swing. The axe also carries the Reap 2 ability, so those critical hits will inflict 2 mortal wounds on anything foolish enough to be standing nearby.

You also can’t mix models with Khorne and Slaanesh or Nurgle and Tzeentch blessings in the same Kill Team, so the maximum number of different blessings you can have is four. In both of these lists you can notice a trend that Gunners don’t need to have either Blessings of Slaanesh or Khorne as they’re more concerned with staying alive or remaining mobile while providing reliable fire support. This set comprises 172 plastic components and is supplied with 10x Citadel 32mm round bases. Also included is a Chaos Space Marines Transfer Sheet featuring 364 chaotic runes and Legion markings. Legionary Kill Teams consist of six operatives in the same way every Space Marine team now does. Players must choose a leader from either the Chosen or Aspiring Champion, either of which may be armed with a Plasma Pistol or Tainted Bolt Pistol (which you will almost never take) and a melee option. The Aspiring Champion has the option of choosing from a Powerfist, Chainsword, Power Maul, or Power Weapon, while the Chosen is granted a Demon Weapon.Malefic Blades are there to give your Gunner/Heavy Gunner a good melee statline, and at 2EP they are fairly cheap for it, but if your Heavy Gunner is ending up in melee then they aren’t shooting.